HC..CH to expand

Hassocks Community Cycle Hire
Following Nick Herbert’s show of support, Hassocks Community Cycle Hire is planning to expand. The West Sussex Gazette reports:

Hassocks Community Cycle Hire (HCCH) is looking to expand with a new building on Hassocks Station.The building, which is expected to open in the spring, is to have improved storage, workspace and administrative facilities and will be used in addition to the existing HCCH hut in the grounds of The Hassocks pub. .. Improvements at Hassocks will increase cycle storage capacity and security and reflect Southern Railway’s move to expand cycling facilities along its network.

Fulking Bird Watch

Edward Lear birds
Bob Rowland’s invaluable record of Fulking bird sightings over two decades has a new title — Fulking Bird Watch — and some new reference content. You will find it as ‘Bird Watch’ in the sidebar menu under ‘The Environment’. Check it out and follow some of the links provided. And if you see something that isn’t on the list, then let Bob have the details.

Christmas Party report

Fulking Village Christmas Party
The annual village Christmas party was held in the greatly improved village hall on Friday 20 December. The evening was very well attended and many thanks to the principal organisers Jennie Wild and Carolyn Loveless, as well as all the other villagers who assisted. The mulled wine was excellent. A very successful tombola, which was enhanced by a magnificent hamper, donated by Jeremy’s the greengrocer in Henfield, raised £233 which well covered the existing shortfall in the amount required for the new fencing in the North Town Field.

Bob Rowland

Halifacts

The annual Halifax ‘places to live’ survey [PDF] has just been published. Hart, in Hampshire, tops the list [PDF] as usual. Mid Sussex is the leading Sussex district, closely followed by Horsham district.

Hart Mid Sussex Horsham Brighton & Hove
District Rank 1 17 20 249
Weekly Earnings 843 728 734 647
Employment Rate % 80.1 81.4 82.9 71.2
Number of Rooms 6.3 5.8 5.9 4.6
Crime Rate 16.6 13.5 14.2 30.6
Population Density 428 423 249 3,336
Rainfall 746 858 838 824
Good Health % 97.4 96.5 96.5 94.7
Male Life Expectancy 82.9 81.9 81.5 78.7


Hart’s secret: a high earnings-to-rainfall ratio.